| Titre : | Assessing Albania's readiness for the European Union-aligned organic agriculture expansion: a mixed-methods SWOT analysis integrating policy, market, and farmer perspectives (2025) |
| Auteurs : | E. Qose |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Open Agriculture (vol. 10, n. 1, Janvier 2025) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 1-13 |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.4 - Production Agricole. Système de ProductionThésaurus IAMM SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION ; AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE ; ANALYSE SWOT ; ALBANIE |
| Résumé : | Organic agriculture is increasingly acknowledged as a sustainable alternative to conventional farming in response to biodiversity loss, soil degradation, and climate change. Despite this global trend, Albania’s organic sector remains underdeveloped, with only 0.1 % of agricultural land certified. This study provides the first systematic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of the sector, integrating national policy, statistical data, and farmers’ perspectives. A mixed-method approach was used, combining secondary data from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade), and the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) with primary data collected through structured interviews with 45 of the country’s 160 certified, in-conversion, and previously certified organic farmers. The results show that Albania’s organic potential is based on traditional low-input farming systems and export markets for wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs). However, this potential remains constrain by lack of institutional coordination, certification insecurity, and weak domestic demand. Market demand (35 %) and environmental concern (25 %) were the main motivations for conversion in organic agriculture, while 68 % of respondents reported limited training and market access. Chi-square tests showed that training, age, and experience significantly influence certification stage, while gender, and education level, had no significant effect. This study provides critical empirical insights for policymakers, and value chain actors helping them make decisions based on evidence to improve organic agriculture policies, market access, and sustainable agricultural development in Albania. |
| Cote : | En ligne |
| URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2025-0485 |
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